It will soon be time for the final event in the SAON process. On October 15-17, 2008, the third planned SAON workshop will be held in Helsinki, Finland. Here the final recommendations will be drafted, and proposed specific actions will be defined. These actions will include creating a successor to the SAON-IG to continue development of a program of internationally coordinated, sustained observations in the Arctic. We desire the report to be welcomed by governments, the science community, and Arctic residents. The final SAON report will be delivered to the Arctic Council, the IASC, and to national and supranational organizations for their consideration. Read more about the Helsinki workshop…

One smaller additional SAON-workshop was held in St Petersburg, Russia prior to the SCAR-IASC Joint IPY Conference in July 2008. A number of Russian scientists and government officials provided their insight on current and future observing activities in the Russian sector of the Arctic. All presentations from from the workshop can be down-loaded from this web site. Read more about the St Petersburg workshop…

In September, the SAON process will be introduced to the Asian Forum on Polar Science in Seoul, Korea. There is a strong and growing interest in the Arctic by Asian countries and their participation in long-term observations in the Arctic area is very welcomed by the SAON process.

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